RE: Aston Martin Works offers revised Vantage grille

[s2000db]

Is anyone actually buying these at the moment?

Afaik once they ended the £1k/month deals they had a year ago, they became twice as expensive since..

[urquattroGus]

Looks worse. Just that mostly old farts didn’t like an Aston with more daring/swagger. Problem is it’s mostly the old farts that can afford one?

[ZX10R NIN]

That looks much better.

[chelme]

daytona111r said:

This it baffling !!!!!!


Went to all that trouble, and for what, the same big goping grill? Redesign should been similar to the smaller Revenent grill, that’s what it always should have been.

Yep, "too little too late" comes to mind.

[Lurking]

Article would be much improved by having photos of the various options to compare......

[andrewbr]

Wait, the photo at the top is the SMALLER one?

[chris116]

Is this the same as the one that can be ordered new from Aston? Bit of a confusing article.

[Getragdogleg]

andrewbr said:

Wait, the photo at the top is the SMALLER one?

What, I thought it was the one they were replacing!

Still, the Chinese Market loves Big grilles and since they are taking over the world while the rest of us are snoozing they call the shots.

[GroundEffect]

daytona111r said:

This it baffling !!!!!!


Went to all that trouble, and for what, the same big goping grill? Redesign should been similar to the smaller Revenent grill, that’s what it always should have been.

I think that looks rubbish and old fashioned. The new grille is a step in the right direction but I had to double check the date of this article as you could already get a different grille from Aston?

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/do-you-...

This appears to be a third design!

[sidesauce]

GroundEffect said:

daytona111r said:

This it baffling !!!!!!


Went to all that trouble, and for what, the same big goping grill? Redesign should been similar to the smaller Revenent grill, that’s what it always should have been.

I think that looks rubbish and old fashioned. The new grille is a step in the right direction but I had to double check the date of this article as you could already get a different grille from Aston?

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/do-you-...

This appears to be a third design!

Agreed on the Revenent effort - it really does look rubbish.

[pacdes]

If BMW offered this on its M4 M3. I would want it for free on a new car.

[pycraft]

jet_noise said:

pycraft said:

"I'd like to change the front of my Aston Martin; I just think my car's too ugly. I'd like something that's more me."
"Certainly sir. Any what kind would be more you?"
"Well, vane, obviously".

Delightful.

Not a fan then

You're so vane, I bet you think this post is about you!

(I know it's a fail when I have to explain the punchline)

[Olivera]

sidesauce said:

GroundEffect said:

daytona111r said:

...

I think that looks rubbish and old fashioned. The new grille is a step in the right direction but I had to double check the date of this article as you could already get a different grille from Aston?

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/supercars/do-you-...

This appears to be a third design!

Agreed on the Revenent effort - it really does look rubbish.

Revenant grille looks by far the best to me, similar to the DB11 one, more reminiscent of the older V8 Vantage grille, and still handsome. Both of Aston's gaping whale mouth grilles look pants.

[loveice]

GroundEffect said:

daytona111r said:

This it baffling !!!!!!


Went to all that trouble, and for what, the same big goping grill? Redesign should been similar to the smaller Revenent grill, that’s what it always should have been.

I think that looks rubbish and old fashioned. The new grille is a step in the right direction...

What's the right direction for Aston's new front grill design? Is having a flat bottom steering wheel the right direction of current steering wheel design? What determines the right direction? I'm not disagreeing you here...

It seems when things suit us, we tend to call them the right direction. However, when things do sell well globally, but somehow don't suit our taste, people here would call them the wrong direction.

To me as long as it sells, it's the right direction. Nothing worse than closed factories and unemployment...

[Jon39]

loveice said:

What's the right direction for Aston's new front grill design? ..........
However, when things do sell well globally, but somehow don't suit our taste, people here would call them the wrong direction.
To me as long as it sells, it's the right direction. Nothing worse than closed factories and unemployment...

Unfortunately the new Vantage has not sold well, either in the UK, or globally.
As a comparison, when the predecessor was unveiled in 2003, two years production was immediately taken up by eager buyers, before they had even sat in the car. Some dealers closed their order books.

Contrast that with the desperate loss-making, £1000 down and 23x£1000 PCP deals (incl. free servicing and free initial road tax) in December 2019, simply to shift unsold stock.
Presumably, many of those cars will return to the market in December this year.

The priority requirement for most Aston Martin buyers, has always been beauty.

Edited by Jon39 on Tuesday 19th January 09:16

[aanda999]

Revenant Automotive offered the same thing last year.
Better solution in my opinion:

https://www.revenantautomotive.com/

[loveice]

Jon39 said:

loveice said:

What's the right direction for Aston's new front grill design? ..........
However, when things do sell well globally, but somehow don't suit our taste, people here would call them the wrong direction.
To me as long as it sells, it's the right direction. Nothing worse than closed factories and unemployment...

Unfortunately the new Vantage has not sold well, either in the UK, or globally.
As a comparison, when the predecessor was unveiled in 2003, two years production was immediately taken up by eager buyers, before they had even sat in the car. Some dealers closed their order books.

Contrast that with the desperate loss-making, £1000 down and 23x£1000 PCP deals (incl. free servicing and free initial road tax) in December 2019, simply to shift unsold stock.
Presumably, many of those cars will return to the market in December this year.

The priority requirement for most Aston Martin buyers, has always been beauty.

Edited by Jon39 on Tuesday 19th January 09:16

If the reason for its low sale figure is because of the exterior design, then AM should definitely update the design asap. And not only us fans but also the manufacture should realise that big mouth is the "wrong direction", hence the need to find a right direction for future AM exterior design.

[swisstoni]

This was an important car for AM and they dropped the ball badly with the front. The rest of the car looks pretty good.

The new grille pictured doesn’t help matters. I wonder what the other 3 look like?

[Snozzer]

swisstoni said:

This was an important car for AM and they dropped the ball badly with the front. The rest of the car looks pretty good.

The new grille pictured doesn’t help matters. I wonder what the other 3 look like?

Have you seen the back!

[anonymous-user]

Some pictures of all four alternative grilles would be nice. I can’t find any mention of this retrofit on AMW’s site...